It’s not a stretch:This dinosaur had a 15-metre-long neck

It’s not a stretch:This dinosaur had a 15-metre-long neck

That’s longer than the average bus,and enough to give other sauropods neck envy.

  • byJack Tamisiea

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Sphinx-like statue of Roman emperor unearthed in Egyptian temple

Sphinx-like statue of Roman emperor unearthed in Egyptian temple

Archaeologists also found a Roman-era stone slab with demotic and hieroglyphic inscriptions.

‘What’s behind these stones?’ Egypt unveils newly discovered chamber inside Great Pyramid

‘What’s behind these stones?’ Egypt unveils newly discovered chamber inside Great Pyramid

Archaeologists do not know what the function was of the chamber,which is not accessible from the outside.

  • byMohamed Wagdy
How changes in climate helped early humans spread out

How changes in climate helped early humans spread out

Queensland researchers are among a team who have confirmed for the first time that ancient humans used warmer periods to travel through a key region of the world.

  • byStuart Layt
‘Everything is mystical’:Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf

‘Everything is mystical’:Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf

According to traditional Mayan belief,“aluxes” are small,mischievous creatures that inhabit forests and fields. It came with a real discovery.

Indigenous art mystery solved by cross-country quest

Indigenous art mystery solved by cross-country quest

The Indigenous artist behind a series of bark paintings had been a mystery until a quest spanning the country reconnected the art with its creator.

  • byStuart Layt
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Puzzled archaeologists find stone tools that don’t match human remains

Puzzled archaeologists find stone tools that don’t match human remains

Stone tools,animal bones and human remains dating back millions of years have been found at a site in Kenya,raising questions about the development of early humans.

  • byStuart Layt
Archaeologists hail Hekashepes,oldest and ‘most complete’ mummy yet found

Archaeologists hail Hekashepes,oldest and ‘most complete’ mummy yet found

The mummy was found in a limestone sarcophagus sealed in mortar some 4300 years ago.

  • byPatrick Werr
Fossils of megaraptors,a feathered dinosaur,found in Patagonia

Fossils of megaraptors,a feathered dinosaur,found in Patagonia

The carnivorous dinosaur inhabited parts of South America during the Cretaceous period some 70 million years ago.

  • byMarion Giraldo
Archaeologists find world’s oldest runestone and can’t make any sense of it

Archaeologists find world’s oldest runestone and can’t make any sense of it

The flat,square block of brownish sandstone has carved scribbles that are up to 2000 years old.

  • byJan Olsen
A 33-million-year-old flower is no longer trapped in a mistaken identity

A 33-million-year-old flower is no longer trapped in a mistaken identity

Plants in amber are a rarity. Among Baltic amber specimens,only 1 to 3 per cent of trapped organisms are botanical.

  • byKate Golembiewski